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• The government of Tanzania is looking to make the country cooking oil self-sufficient by 2025, that is in just two years.
• ASA reports that it has 13 farms covering a total area of 16,588 hectares, but unfortunately, of these, only 12,731 hectares are suitable for farming.
• The deficit costs the country US$ 250 million every year in palm and other edible oil imports.

Tanzania is short of 650,000 metric tons which is over 60 percent of its requirements plugged by imports. Now the country wants investors to close this gap.

Speaking recently to farmers in South Tanzania, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa challenged local and foreign investors to see this demand gap as an investment opportunity.

The deficit costs the country US$ 250 million every year in palm and other edible oil imports, making the edible oil sector, the second-highest foreign exchange earner by the value of transactions.

“However, the government …

• Bidco Africa wants to work with farmers in Kenya to meet its growing demand for some of its crucial raw materials
• The giant manufacturer and marketer of a variety of products including cooking oil said it wants suppliers of soybeans and sunflower seeds amid the rising demand for its products
• The Kenyan-based company said it is seeking partners to supply them with 30,000 metric tons of the products
• Bidco revealed that it was already working with 25,000 farmers across the east African region, but that high demand for the products had led to a decrease in its supplies

Bidco Africa said it is looking to work with farmers in Kenya to meet its growing demand for some of its crucial raw materials.

On February 19, 2023, Bidco Africa, a giant manufacturer and marketer of a variety of products including cooking oil, said it wants suppliers of soybeans and sunflower seeds …